On 8 July, a major change took place in the battlefield situation.

The Pakistani Air Force, which had gained partial air supremacy for the first time since the start of the war, did not give its opponent a chance to breathe, and launched an all-out sortie that morning, focusing on bombing military targets in Indian-administered Kashmir, and in the afternoon it dispatched four fighter squadrons to bomb military targets in India's northwest region.

The Indian Air Force has retreated completely, sending only warplanes to protect large cities and strategic locations.

Just six days after the outbreak of the war, Pakistan changed from passive to active, from defensive to offensive.

In order to cooperate with the air force's combat operations, the Pakistan Army's long-range artillery units shelled military targets in Indian-administered Kashmir that afternoon, and the ground offensive forces began to advance towards the ceasefire line.

Although Pakistani President Nawaz Sharif has repeatedly stressed that Pakistan's main purpose is to recover the Kashmir region occupied by India and has no intention of capturing Indian territory, anyone with a discerning eye knows that with China's support, Pakistan not only has air supremacy, but also has the initiative in the war. It has even been predicted that if India remains inactive, the Pakistan Army will enter Indian-administered Kashmir within 48 hours and complete its military operation to occupy Indian-administered Kashmir within the next week.

On this day, in addition to the battlefield in full swing, a major event took place.

Initiated and organized by the United States, with the participation of the two permanent members of the United Kingdom and France, as well as the four rotating members of the Security Council, including Mexico, Germany, Turkey, and Brazil, the United Nations put forward a motion on "urging India and Pakistan to cease fire and negotiate through consultations" in the hope that the United Nations will mediate the conflict between India and Pakistan.

Before formally submitting the bill, Japel did not forget to call Ji Youguo, hoping that China could play an active role.

This action of the United States shows that Jabell does not want India to be defeated even more than Santos.

Before the outbreak of the war, Russia had put forward a similar motion in the Security Council, hoping to mediate the conflict between India and Pakistan through the United Nations. At that time, the United States, together with several allies, pressed down the bill. In less than 10 days, the attitude of the United States has changed 180 degrees, which cannot but be said to be a great irony.

At this time. The situation of the United States is indeed very awkward. Because I didn't expect China to react so strongly. So a war that should have been won easily. It became the worst defeat in India's 70 years of statehood. As the initiator of the war. The United States, in addition to providing intelligence assistance to India. It's hard to make a difference.

The war continues. India is bound to lose Kashmir.

For the Santos government. Lost the Kashmir region. It is tantamount to losing the legitimacy of existence. For the Congress Party. It is tantamount to losing the foundation of the ruling territory.

Meantime. At all costs. The United States also does not want India's current opposition BJP to come to power.

Originally. The BJP conducted nuclear weapons experiments when it first came to power. The monopoly of the five nuclear powers was broken. There has been a global trend towards the development of nuclear weapons. It makes Iran and North Korea, which are already ready to move, itch their hearts. Years later. North Korea tests an atomic bomb. As a result, the Korean Peninsula has been in turmoil. The United States had to make great efforts to appease Japan and South Korea. The Iranian nuclear issue is even more complicated. To this day, it has touched the nerves of pain in the United States. If the BJP comes to power again. Who can guarantee in the next Indo-Pakistani war. India will not use the atomic bomb as a smashing brick. Littering?

Likewise. The United States also does not want Santos to step down.

Even if the Congress retains its position as the ruling party, the 42-year-old Rahul Gandhi, the son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will be the most qualified to become India's prime minister after Santos steps down. Like his parents, Rahul is an out-and-out pro-Russian who will not easily defect to the United States.

The mediation by the United Nations not only saved the face of the United States, but also kicked the ball to China.

Russia's attitude is clear. As long as Rahul can be brought to power, Russia will do everything to help India get out of this war with dignity.

Only China has the motive to obstruct mediation, because Pakistan's occupation of the whole of Kashmir is tantamount to helping China solve the troubles on the western border between China and India, which is beneficial to China.

To China's downside, the four permanent members of the Security Council, as well as most of them, hope to broker a ceasefire between India and Pakistan through the United Nations.

Will China risk confrontation with the whole world and veto the Security Council?

At 3 p.m. Beijing time on the 8th, Huang Guowei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, left for the United Nations.

At 7:30 p.m. Islamabad time, Sharif announced a 24-hour moratorium on military operations.

Subsequently, India's interim Prime Minister Santos also announced a 24-hour moratorium on military operations.

China has not made a clear statement, but its influence is obvious to all.

At 5 p.m. EST on 8 July, representatives of the Security Council members held closed-door consultations with representatives of India and Pakistan.

Four hours later, the meeting ended. In an interview with reporters, US Secretary of State Lynch announced that the consultations had reached positive results. Huang Guowei did not accept an interview with reporters and returned directly to the Chinese consulate in New York.

At about half past ten in the morning of the 9th, Beijing time, Ji Youguo received a call from Huang Guowei.

The meeting did not produce any results, the dispute between India and Pakistan in Kashmir was not resolved, and both India and Pakistan were dissatisfied with the Security Council's mediation resolution. The Security Council will also hold a second round of consultations in two hours to discuss whether India and Pakistan will impose sanctions if they do not accept the ceasefire mediation.

The ball was kicked again at the feet of the United States.

According to Ji Youguo's instructions, Huang Guowei will put forward a bill to impose severe sanctions on the side that started the war, and demand that a statement of condemnation be issued in the name of the United Nations.

The situation is very unfavorable for India and for the United States.

Pakistan has in its hands physical and human evidence of India's provocation of the war, namely the combat operations of Indian special forces in Pakistani-controlled areas of Kashmir and the captured Indian special forces major. In addition, the war was started by India launching a missile attack on Pakistan, which fought a war of self-defense and India fought a war of aggression.

India, on the contrary, does not have any evidence that Pakistan was responsible for the two New Delhi bombings.

As long as Huang Guowei puts forward the bill to sanction India, the United States will be in a dilemma. If it does, India will face severe sanctions or even be isolated by the international community. If it opposes it, the wolf ambitions of the United States will be exposed, and the role it will play in this war will be made public to the world.

Ji Youguo also has a "trump card" in his hand, that is, the US intelligence agencies planned and created the New Delhi bombing.

He did not rush to do so, first, because there was no conclusive evidence, second, the time was not ripe, and third, he could not push the United States to the point of corner.

As a result, when Huang Guowei proposed sanctions against India, the United States abstained.

When he received this news, Ji Youguo was very excited for a while.

When the United States sent troops to attack Iraq, China abstained from voting in desperation. This time, it was finally the turn of the Americans to abstain.

At the press conference that followed, the news shocked the whole world.

The United States, which has always regarded the United Nations as its own "backyard", actually abstained from voting in such a major vote! You must know that in the 70-year history of the United Nations, the abstentions cast by the United States in the Security Council votes can be counted on your fingers. In the past, the United States would have voted no.

This time, it was not the United States that voted the veto, but Russia.

This did not exceed Ji Youguo's expectations, Russia has huge economic and trade exchanges with India, and if India is actually sanctioned, Russia will be the most affected.

Besides, Ji Youguo did not count on sanctions against India through the United Nations.

In the absence of results from the second round of consultations, it was decided to continue with the third round of consultations at the proposal of Britain and France.

By this time, the 24-hour ceasefire had expired and the fighting had resumed.

The weakened Indian Air Force was barely able to defend its vital areas, while the Pakistani Air Force continued to bomb military targets in Indian-administered Kashmir.

At 9:30 p.m. Islamabad time, three Pakistani armored divisions deployed on the western side of the India-Pakistan ceasefire line in Kashmir crossed the ceasefire line and marched into Indian-administered Kashmir and advanced towards Srinagar.

The ground fighting of the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War officially began.

In order to avoid accusations of "aggression", Pakistan has used the name of "self-defense and counterattack".

Fierce ground fighting continued until dawn, and the Pakistani Army advanced only five thousand meters under stubborn resistance from the Indian army.

On the morning of the 10th, the President of Pakistan and the Chief of the Army General Staff announced this "great victory."

The third round of consultations of the Council was also held ahead of schedule, and the representatives of 20 countries took their seats at the table again after a break of less than six hours.

Because Pakistan and India did not declare a temporary ceasefire, the meeting took place amid the rumbling of artillery.

From this point on, the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War entered the second phase: war for peace.

On the afternoon of the 10th, a less remarkable incident occurred.

The Chinese Navy's task force arrived in the Arabian Sea, and on its way to the port of Karachi, it encountered the USS Truman aircraft carrier battle group of the US Navy and was tracked and monitored by US carrier-based aircraft.

After dark, the task force entered Pakistan's exclusive economic zone and was covered by Pakistani warplanes.

At this point, China's operation to send maritime combat forces to the Indian Ocean has completed the first step. Upon arrival in the Arabian Sea, the task force shifted to offshore patrols to provide early warning support to Pakistan.

It was not until the early morning of 11 November that India sent fighter planes to monitor the operations of the task force.

Because China did not participate in the war, and the Chinese fleet carried out the task of evacuating and protecting overseas Chinese, Indian fighters did not dare to attack the Chinese task force.

On the same day, resolution 2335 was adopted by the Security Council.

Because during the bargaining negotiations, the content of the resolution was changed beyond recognition and completely lost its original appearance, so the resolution was not binding on the warring parties.

The first United Nations mediation failed.

After meeting with US Secretary of State Lynch alone, Huang Guowei left New York on a special plane